Oct. 10, 2019

As President Trump takes off on Air Force One for his campaign rally tonight, thousands of people are streaming into downtown Minneapolis to attend the rally or to protest the president. Trump is scheduled to speak at the Target Center at 7 p.m. tonight, and we'll stream the event live on our Facebook page. Stay tuned!

If you need a break from politics, how about learning some history about the Boundary Waters? As part of our Ask a 'sotan series, we answered this question from our audience member, “Who were the first and who were the last people to live in the area we now know as the BWCA?”

Oh no, it's coming! An October "winter" storm is expected to hit Minnesota counties along the Red River tonight and tomorrow. Winter storm warnings start at 7 p.m. tonight in part of far northwestern Minnesota.

~ Jiwon Choi, MPR News | Updraft blog | Forecast

Live updates: President Trump comes to Minneapolis

President Trump has had a bumpy road to get here, but he's coming to Minneapolis for the first campaign event since the U.S. House started impeachment proceedings.

Watch live at 7 p.m:President Trump holds campaign rally in Minneapolis

Democrats worry Trump has a 2020 head start in Minnesota

While the president’s reelection campaign focuses on Minnesota, Democrats have not settled on a nominee and are worried Trump could be the first Republican to win the state’s electoral votes since 1972.

View from the other side: Republicans get early start on ground effort
Polls show: Close divide over impeachment and removal

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Winter storm warning includes Minn. counties along the Red River

Travel may become impossible in much of North Dakota from late Thursday through Friday night due to heavy snow and fierce winds. Northwestern Minnesota will see rain initially, which will change to a rain-snow mix and then all snow later Thursday, and continue as all snow Thursday night and Friday. Winter storm warnings start at 7 p.m. Thursday in part of far northwestern Minnesota.

Season greeting: Fall snowstorm pushing through Great Plains

Poll: Independents move in favor of impeachment inquiry; GOP stays firmly against

A slim majority of Americans approve of House Democrats' impeachment inquiry, but even more think President Trump's future should be decided at the ballot box, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.

2 Florida men tied to Guiliani arrested on campaign charges

Two Florida businessmen tied to President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani have been arrested on campaign finance violations resulting from a $325,000 donation to a political action committee supporting Trump's re-election.

In Minnesota, a new push to fight climate change — and make money — from forests

Programs that pay landowners to keep carbon sequestered in forests are beginning to spread, now that California has a cap and trade system designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Some say Minnesota should be a bigger player in the carbon offset market.

Climate Cast: Why our trees are like climate change-fighting superheroes
Study: Cover crops, trees key to fighting climate change
Full coverage: Climate change

How vaping nicotine can affect a teenage brain

Research on young mice and rats shows how nicotine hijacks brain systems involved in learning, memory, impulse control and addiction.

After a life of painful sickle cell disease, a patient hopes gene-editing can help

She's the first patient with a genetic disorder to be treated with the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR. The treatment has wrapped up and now she's waiting to see if it brings relief.

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